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Swap old Halloween costumes
at Totz, Macaroni Kid event Serious lessons
Every kid’s favorite holiday just got more parent- and
planet-friendly, thanks to Costume Swap Day.
Between now and October 7, parents can drop off
mingle with fun
swap-worthy costumes at Totz Drop-N-Play, 249 Main
Ave. S., Suite E, in North Bend. In exchange, they’ll be
given a ticket for the swap day, 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
Oct. 8, at Totz. Totz is offering a free stay-and-play the
in evacuation drill
day of the event with a Halloween craft and $10 off a Students, teachers train on Carnation dam route
future visit. To learn more, visit snoqualmievalley.maca-
ronikid.com. BY CAROL LADWIG
Staff Reporter
Snoqualmie’s ‘Dark Trail’ offers scares A thick fog muffled the warning siren, but it was loud
Night on a Dark Trail, a volunteer-run haunted trail enough. By the time Carnation Elementary Principal Doug
opening Oct. 27 on Snoqualmie Ridge, is 7 p.m. Friday, Poage was done announcing that the Tolt Dam breach
Oct. 28, and starts at the east parking lot of the Trailside evacuation drill was in progress Wednesday Sept. 27, stu-
building, 35131 S.E. Douglas St., three buildings down dents and teachers were filing down the sidewalk toward
from the Snoqualmie Police Station. the class checkpoint.
The haunted trail is appropriate for children age 10 “New students, over here!” one teacher announced. A few
and older, as it is dark and contains scary scenes. The children, mostly Kindergartners, clustered around her look-
event includes a Jack O’ Lantern display and hay maze ing excited, while most, veterans of the drill, were cleared
suitable for all ages. Visit http://nightonadarktrail.wee- after a quick headcount by their teachers to do their part of
bly.com for information. the evacuation.
“This is actually a partial drill this year,” explained
Poage.
Every other year, both Carnation Elementary School
and Tolt Middle School complete a full evacuation of the
school buildings, in preparation for a possible breach of the
South Fork Tolt Dam above and east of Carnation. Teachers
and staff march with students more than a mile, along
the Snoqualmie Valley Trail then up Entwistle to the Tolt
Highlands Road and the emergency evacuation site for the
city of Carnation. In alternate years, only students new to
the school such as Kindergartners at Carnation Elementary,
• Evening Appts. and sixth graders at Tolt, complete the full evacuation.
The rest, like Christie Isler’s class, make a circuit of a cou-
Available Carol Ladwig/Staff Photo ple of city blocks then, celebrating their survival for another
Kindergarten teacher Vanessa Hair walks backward to watch year, head back to class within about 20 minutes.
• New Patients her students on the mile-long evacuation drill hike from
Welcome Carnation Elementary School to Tolt Highlands Road. SEE DRILL, 15
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